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:DANIEL A'R'NDT, oF-RIPON, WISCONSIN.

' Leampatem No. 70,064, dated october 22, 1867.

IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE.

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Be it known that I, DANIEL ARNDT, ofRipon, in the county of Fond du Lac, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing Machines and Table; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, A represents a rectangular wash-box, with a bottom, which declines from each end to the centre ofthe box, as is represented. B represents a. frame, which is placed in the box A, resting upon its bottom, and which is -provided with a series'of rollers, C C C, which lie crosswise of said frame, with their axes in the arc of a'circle. D represents a large corrugated roller, the axle of which extends beyond the sides of the box. This roller lies crosswise ofthe box, and its axle has its bearings in slots in each side of said box. On one end of the axle of, the roller is a c`rank-handle'. E-E represent two levers, which are pivoted at one end, as seen at a, to each side of the box, near its top. These levers lie upon the projecting ends of' the roller-axle, and serve to press it downward, or to allow it to rise when necessary. dei represent a series of' pins, secured inthe sides of the box; and n 1t are a series of hooks, secured to the under side ofthe levers E. e represents a rubber-band spring, which passes from one 0f' the hooks ofthe lever to one of the pins on the box. 'When clothes are placed in the box, between the small rollers of frame B and the roller D, this latter roller is allowed to rise and fall to accommodate itself to the thickness of material by the yielding of the springs c, and the consequent rise of the levers E. 'Ihe amount of pressure upon the clothing being washed is regulated by the strength of spring, and the distance it is placed from the axle. The nearer to the end of the lever the spring'is placed Vthe greater the leverage, and the more pressure there will be upon the articles beingwashed. Y

When not washing with this machine, the roller D can be removed and a cover, F, placed upon the box, so that a table will be formed. The cleats I I on the under side ofthe cover fit snugly against the ends of the box, and keep the cover securely in position.

y Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, isl l. The levers E E, pins el CZ, and springs e e, with the roller D and its extended axle, asA and for the purpose set forth'.

2. The levers E E, pins d d, springs el e, and roller D, used in combination with the box A, provided with a. cover, F, for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of August, 1867.

DANIEL ARN DT.

Witnesses: l

F. M. HUBBARD, Tiros. HARRIS. 

